here the question mark is in the right place, as The Times article (if I read it right) was implying that the item is unbudgeted for as far as JSFs are concerned.topman wrote: the budget?
- or was the source just not informed? Or the, by now, fairly old boxes are looking for a little empty space? ... lots of those on F-35Bs (that has been struggling to maintain any weight margin for future upgrades)
should be a bit more than just radios:topman wrote:the radios
"(TIEC) is the project name adopted for the introduction of a common system solution that provides Link 16 and IDM data link communications [...] substituting an equivalent item which is lighter, slightly smaller, and comes in a single box instead of 2 boxes. It also reportedly offers higher bandwidth for information sharing than Link 16 alone."